World wide maximum cultivated transgenic crop is? (1) Insect resistance cotton (2) Herbicide resistance soybeans (3) Growing plant for desired molecules (4) Edible vaccines The correct answer is (2) Herbicide […]
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CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on applied biology
Which selectable marker gene is routinely used in plant transformation?
Which selectable marker gene is routinely used for selection of transgenic plant? (1) Amphicillin (2) Tetracyclin (3) Hygromycin […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on applied biology
Polygalacturonase antisense RNA and its role in fruit ripening
Polygalacatourinidase (PG) antisense RNA is used in reference to which phenomenon (1) Seed setting (2) Herbicide resistance (3) Viral resistance […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on applied biology
How T-DNA border position affects incomplete transfer of passenger genes
In Agrobacterium mediated transformation, which one of the following approaches is more likely to generate transgenic plants with IMCOMPLETE transfer of the passenger gene? (1) Placement of selection marker gene […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on applied biology
Promoter choice and T-DNA behavior in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation
Which one of the following types of promoters would NOT be used within the T-DNA for expression of a negative selection marker gene for generation of transgenic plants by Agrobacterium-mediated […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on applied biology
Outcomes of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation using binary vectors
“In Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of a plant using a binary vector construct,” Complete the above statement with the correct option. (1) All transgenic plants generated would show similar levels of transgenic […]
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Correct facts about Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation
Given below are a few statements on Agrobacterium mediated transformation of plants. Which one of the following statements is CORRECT? (1) T-DNA transfer occurs from left border to right border. […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on applied biology
True statements about Agrobacterium–plant interaction
Following are some statements about Agrobacterium — plant interactions (A) Agrobacterium transfers a part of its chromosome into plant cell. (B) Agrobacterium transfers a part of one of its plasmid […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on applied biology
Interpreting vir mutants using lacZ fusions in Agrobacterium
A transposon carrying a promoterless ß-galactosidase (lac Z) was used to create insertional mutation in the vir region of Ti-plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. All the mutants in which lac Z […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on applied biology
Identifying the incorrect step in Agrobacterium infection of plant cells
Which of the following statement is NOT true during infection of plant cell by Agrobacterium? (1) The protein products of virulence genes Vir A and VirG perceives acetosyringone (2) The […]
